Closets, cabinets and furniture are meant to house most of our other stuff.
But some stuff needs
to be at the ready. Some stuff
doesn't seem worthy of precious closet
space. Other stuff is too big for bureau
drawers. Turn to the basket
for many of these items.

Baskets

Used efficiently baskets can be decorative as well as functional. Baskets
can be expensive,
but do not have to be. Warehouse
clubs, crafts stores, discount
stores and closeout stores offer
great looking baskets at reasonable
prices.

Kitchen

Baskets
placed atop cabinets can
hold gift bows, sewing notions,
backup diskettes, supplies from
warehouse clubs (six rolls of tape,
a dozen boxes of pens, whatever). Be
sure to place loose items in plastic bags
to keep the dust out. And do not store food
this way unless it is in sealed metal containers
(squeak, squeak). Leave a few
empty baskets up there for serving chips or
bread. Most baskets can be sprayed with
the kitchen sink sprayer.

Bedroom

Old-fashioned
bureaus with their
spindly legs are just calling
for baskets to be stowed below them.
Baskets can keep your bulky sweaters
from taking up precious drawer
space. And don't forget the underbed.
Let an attactive basket holding your
linens peek out from the bedskirt.